Fallout New Vegas is the Majoras Mask of Fallout: they took assets from an amazing game, made it demonstrably worse in almost every conceivable way, and sold it as a new game.

My trilogy;

Batman Arkham Asylum
Mercenaries 2
Fallout 3

Stevintendo wrote:

Is it just me or was this a particularly funny episode? The back and forth among the crew was top notch! :D

The past couple of episodes have been exquisite in terms of light fun. I like it when the crew has some games in common to talk about, even if it is a Red Dead game.

And with that collection of hot takes, I’ll sign off...

How long was your play time of New Vegas? I just want to make sure it was more than one hour because this is a pretty harsh criticism of the game.

That is a very astute question, and it gladdens my cold, irradiated heart that someone thought to ask.

I finished the main story and a number of the side quests. Aside from the way New Vegas stifles best part of a Fallout experience (exploration) by putting deathclaws and swarms of those obnoxious rad-wasps anywhere that isn’t a major road, I found the story to be uniquely unrewarding because

Spoiler:

though I saved the wastelands from three different tyrants, there wasn’t a single person worth saving it for. There was no quirky tinkerer to chat up, no funny radio DJs, no charmingly self deprecating ghoul, no sentient trees with dissociative disorder. New Vegas was just garbage people, stem to stern.

Long story short: I got to the end and wondered why I bothered in a way that I didn’t in Fallout 3

Jonman Wrote:
Yes, you can cancel Darksiders, but only by using your Sony Golds. Which, while pretty good, aren't a patch on Zelda.

Recently started listening to the podcast and I'm enjoying it so far, but one comment rubbed me the wrong way. When discussing the shutting down of other small community podcasts one of the hosts admitted their inner monologue was something akin to "yes! another one bites the dust".
I understand celebrating how long GWJ has been around, but do we really need to kick others when they're down? Felt like it was in poor taste.

All in good fun, calmo. I think I mentioned “We Have Concerns” which good friend Jeff Cannata co-hosted. They were also bigger than GWJ by a mile, so wasn’t really punching down. Also gleefully pointing out my smallness, so guilty as charged.

“Respect is one of the great treasures of being human, ennobling us, and opening us to love that nourishes our basic humanity.” ~ Roshi Joan Halifax